Any chance of finding some more players with double barrelled surnames?

[Silent Bob]

Dave Benson-Phillips.

What a post.

 

[Hornblower]

Gustavo Augusto Poyet Dominguez

Now I'm confused, are they middle names or genuine surnames?

 

[Wiggy Power]

What a post.

Legend!

 

[Wiggy Power]

Legend!

Could do a job up front with CMS me thinks.

 

[Frutos]

Now I'm confused, are they middle names or genuine surnames?

Augusto is his middle name, Poyet Dominguez is his full surname, with Poyet being his family name and Dominguez being his mother's maiden name as per cultural conventions.

Most Spanish and Spanish speaking (or variation thereof - Catalan and Basque etc...) countries use the same naming convention although only the family name is generally used. Therefore you also have examples such as Xavier Hernandez i Creus, Francesc Fabregas i Soler, David Villa Sanchez, Sergio Ramos Garcia, Carles Puyol i Saforcada etc and so on. The Catalan ones tend to have an 'i' middle (sort of like 'and') and some Spanish regions use 'y' in the same way.

 

[Storer 68]

Michael Mahoney-Johnson?

Never counted as a footballer!

 

[Hornblower]

Augusto is his middle name, Poyet Dominguez is his full surname, with Poyet being his family name and Dominguez being his mother's maiden name as per cultural conventions.

Most Spanish and Spanish speaking (or variation thereof - Catalan and Basque etc...) countries use the same naming convention although only the family name is generally used. Therefore you also have examples such as Xavier Hernandez i Creus, Francesc Fabregas i Soler, David Villa Sanchez, Sergio Ramos Garcia, Carles Puyol i Saforcada etc and so on. The Catalan ones tend to have an 'i' middle (sort of like 'and') and some Spanish regions use 'y' in the same way.

Thank you Frutos, I am enlightened.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I don't really think you can count El Abd as a double barrelled name...can't say I'm that familiar with Arabic naming conventions but I'm guessing El simply means "of", as in "son of" or "resident of", surely? Likewise, I'm not counting the Spanish language names (like Jara Reyes).

A double barrelled name for me is where you have two separate, surnames, ideally with a hyphen in, just to make it a bit posher sounding. Who was the footballer who changed his name recently to incorporate his wife's surname? Play(ed?) up north somewhere, League One I'm pretty sure?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

How about Nigel Reo-Coker, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, and the SPLENDIDLY monikered Reuben Noble-Lazarus?

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Leo Fortune-West
Chris Bart-Williams

[MENTION=249]edna krabappel[/MENTION] . Seeing as we are discounting El-Abd's and Spanish names etc, are the Dutch Van's off limits too?

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

We have a youth player 'Chris Cumming-Bart'.

Whenever I see that name, I hear Seymour Skinner saying "I'm cumming, Bart!"

Dunno why.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Leo Fortune-West
Chris Bart-Williams

[MENTION=249]edna krabappel[/MENTION] . Seeing as we are discounting El-Abd's and Spanish names etc, are the Dutch Van's off limits too?

I would say so, as it's not a combination of two names, is it? I *think* Van in that context is similar to the German "Von", ie "from" or "of". Signalling parentage or origin.

The Welsh sometimes do it that way, hence- for example- the surname Ap Richard (of Richard, or son of Richard), which has in some cases evolved into Pritchard.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Gifton Noel-Williams.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I would say so, as it's not a combination of two names, is it? I *think* Van in that context is similar to the German "Von", ie "from" or "of". Signalling parentage or origin.

The Welsh sometimes do it that way, hence- for example- the surname Ap Richard (of Richard, or son of Richard), which has in some cases evolved into Pritchard.

I thought as much, just wanted to clarify before going Double Dutch crazy!

 

[AnotherArch]

Who was the footballer who changed his name recently to incorporate his wife's surname? Play(ed?) up north somewhere, League One I'm pretty sure?

That was Ian Moore, son of Ronnie the Rotherham and Tranmere player and manager. He became Ian Thomas-Moore. I presume his wife's surname, not christian name, was Thomas
Coincidentally 40 years ago there was an Ian Storey-Moore - a winger who moved from Forest to Man United.
What happens if divorce occurs? "you're not Thomas-Moore any more"?

 

[jakarta]

Those of us who watch the Gentlemen's Game know that Sussex CCC were ever so posh a few years back with not just Robin Martin-Jenkins but also that cad and turncoat Rory Hamilton-Brown.......

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Jimmy Floyd-Hassailbank

 

[Lady Whistledown]

That was Ian Moore, son of Ronnie the Rotherham and Tranmere player and manager. He became Ian Thomas-Moore. I presume his wife's surname, not christian name, was Thomas
Coincidentally 40 years ago there was an Ian Storey-Moore - a winger who moved from Forest to Man United.
What happens if divorce occurs? "you're not Thomas-Moore any more"?

It's becoming increasingly common for guys to take the wife's name in conjunction with theirs when they get married. I know someone who did it when he married recently, and I'm sure there's another footballer out there who's done the same.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Those of us who watch the Gentlemen's Game know that Sussex CCC were ever so posh a few years back with not just Robin Martin-Jenkins but also that cad and turncoat Rory Hamilton-Brown.......

I'm sure if we're talking cricket, there will be loads.

Going back to football: Hal Robson-Kanu, and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Florent Sinama-Pongolle (spelling?)